The Madonna of Vyšší Brod and the Madonna of Wrocław and their Donors

• Authors: Klípa Jan

Title variants

PL

Madonna z Wyższego Brodu i Madonna z Wrocławia oraz ich fundatorzy

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Two panel paintings, representing the late phase of the ‘beautiful style’: a Madonna from Vyšši Brod and a Madonna from the Wrocław cathedral, are discussed. The Author specifies when they were created and locates them within the panorama of the pre-Hussite and Hussite era painting; moreover, their donors are identified (respectively: Simon of Nymburk, Prague Canon, and Konrad IV, Duke of Oleśnica). Both effigies of Our Lady are close in their craftsmanship and the time of execution (late 1420s). The Author’s ascertainment sheds new light on the issue of the quality of painting in the Bohemian territories by the end of Wenceslaus IV’s reign.

Keywords

EN

medieval Czech painting; Vyšši Brod; Wrocław cathedral; Simon of Nymburk; Prague Canon; Konrad IV, Duke of Oleśnica

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Biuletyn Historii Sztuki
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 70
• Issue: 3-4
• Pages: 285-302

Contributors

author

Klípa Jan

• National Gallery in Prague, Praga